Two activists threw oil on the painting “Death and Life” by Gustav Klimt (1862-1918), which is on display at the Leopold Museum in Vienna, Austria, to denounce inaction against the climate crisis.
The first information indicates that the painting was protected by glass and would not have been damaged, although the museum asks for some time to evaluate in detail what happened.
The act would have been carried out by members of the “Last Generation” group, who shared a video of the protest on their Twitter account.
Due to a regional holiday, the entrance to the Leopold museum was free, sponsored by the oil company OMV and, despite strict controls, the activists managed to introduce the liquid into a hot water bottle.
After dumping the oil on the painting, one of the activists shouted: “We have known about the problem for 50 years, we must act once, otherwise the planet will be destroyed.” “Stop the destruction of fossil fuels. We are heading towards climate hell,” he added.
Five days ago two other activists from the same group attached stickers to undamaged dinosaur fossils in the Natural History Museum in Vienna to criticize the climate destruction caused by hydrocarbons.
“Faced with the remains of the extinct giants, they demand a policy of survival, instead of the continued destruction of our livelihoods,” the environmental group, very active in Austria and Germany, explained in a statement.
Information of: emol.com
Photo credits: AFP
